About the Profile

The Profile

The Maintenance Agency

• Amendment Procedures

• Defect Report Procedures

Resources

The Maintenance Agency

• Developer Group
• Meeting Minutes
• Discussion List

The Library and Archives of Canada is designated as Maintenance Agency for the Bath Profile: an international Z39.50 specification for library applications and resource discovery.

Maintenance Agency responsibilities include:

• Updating the profile
• Maintaining the web site and listserv for the profile
• Organizing and chairing meetings of the Bath Profile Developer Group
• Developing, processing and providing access to amendments
• Developing, processing and providing access to defect reports

Developer Group

The Bath Profile Developer Group generally meets twice a year: prior to the general meeting of the Z39.50 Implementors Group (ZIG), and in conjunction with a major library conference. One meeting a year is held outside North America. This is an informal group of librarians, software developers and vendors of Z39.50 products.

The most recent meeting of the Bath Profile Developer Group was held Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7, 2002, at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio, USA.

Meeting Mintues

• Minutes of the April 2002 meeting
• Minutes of the October 2001 meeting
• Minutes of the September 2000 meeting
• Minutes of the January 2000 meeting

Discussion List: BATH-PROFILE-L

A discussion list for discussing profile issues has been established.

To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail to the following address:

listserv@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca

In the body of the message type:

SUBSCRIBE BATH-PROFILE-L Firstname Lastname

To post to the list, send messages to:

bath-profile-l@listserv.lac-bac.gc.ca